Chowan-Bertie County NcArchives News.....Smith and Colerain Ferries August 11, 1809 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carolyn Shank Carolynshank@msn.com March 10, 2008, 6:46 pm Edenton Gazette Friday, Aug. 11, 1809 August 11, 1809 The public are respectfully informed that the FERRY BOATS, kept at the aforesaid Ferries on Chowan River, 12 miles from Edenton, are now in complete order for carrying Passengers, Horses, and Chairs in utmost safety. A new Boat having been built at Colerain, and the one at SMITH'S thoroughly repaired, the subscribers cherish a hope that they will meet with such encouragement as the attention and a desire to please may entitle them to. GOOD ENTERTAINMENT FOR MAN and HORSE is constantly kept on both Ferries. STEPHEN SMITH GEORGE McCLENNY Choway River, Aug. 9, 1809 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nc/chowan/newspapers/smithand522nnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ncfiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb